Sarah Palin announced Wednesday that she will not seek the GOP presidential nomination. A day earlier, Chris Christie re-confirmed he would not throw his hat into the ring.

The message to Republican voters: The current list of candidates is your team, even if you feel the same way as the Milan High student body did about their Jimmy Chitwood-less basketball team in Hoosiers.

I agree -- I don't trust the man. That's why he's number six on my list of the current field (behind Cain, Bachmann, Gingrich, Perry, and Santorum). But if he's the candidate, I'm voting for him -- Zero simply can't win another term.

I know its a long shot of long shots. But he’s the only one out there consistently saying the things that need to be said. Across the board. He’s the only one with experience who has some fight in him.

We do have to make sure we find more conservative legislators. That is priority number 1. As for president, long term campaign would probably still point to establishment, which means Romney. That means much more work for those who do not desire him as the nominee. I have thought for about 2 weeks the conservative fallback position may come down to Newt. I do not exactly relish that either, but he does have deep experience despite the ‘couch smooch’ with Nancy.

“I now want to hear about the trips to call on Governor Palin from Perry and Cain,”

And the trips that are not made. Romney need not apply. I like Cain but I hope he does not sell out for the VP.

Conservatives have watched Bush go soft with the Medicare D, mini-stimulus, TARP and auto bailouts. Then we had the crusty mclame, the guy that voted against the Bush tax cuts, gave us McCain-Feingold and was always looking for a deal with his friends across the aisle. Now we have another rino-man playing the primary process perfectly. Statist healthcare, flip-flops on abortion and global warming does not qualify as conservative policy.

That’s 3 rinos in a row. How many times must we hold our nose and vote for the lesser of two evils? This situation is intoleratble for many conservatives and will increase the attrition rate. Can’t the establishment see that?

Newt is definitely the best debater and knows his policy, but he has no spine. Hopefully Cain doesn’t shoot himself in the foot like the others before him. I would still like to hear more of his foreign policy. Not just support of Israel, but a real philosophy where I could conclude when he would use force.

Yeah. Well. I have to say I’m underwhelmed by this field. As I’ve been saying for weeks, I look them over, and all I see are glaring weaknesses.

The frustrating part is that Obama should be so weak that this should have been a golden opportunity to find the best candidate to represent our ideas, and now we’re stuck once again with picking the one who’s least bad.

I’m certainly leaning toward Cain for now, but I still do have serious concerns. On the other hand, who’s better right now?

No he’s not. I’ve never heard him say that. I’ve heard him not get himself trapped by low life journalists over the issue.

His health? If his health is so bad, why is he the only one with the gumption to get out there with vim and vigor swatting the losers around like the bunch of losers that they are every time you turn around? You’d think he would stay home and be quiet if he were that bad off.

As it is, he’s basically the only one, (ok, sometimes Rummy), with any real courage.

I don’t have any hopes pinned on this happening, but it would be nice to at least see a groudswell of support come up enough to where he would have to give it some consideration.

Obama’s completely toast. His base has deserted him. Anyone we run who does not energize the leftist base will win. That being the case, this is the time to nominate the most conservative candidate in the race. As far as I see it, that’s Cain.

Think about how Obama speaks. He lectures. He scolds. He guilts. Then think about the national mood. IMO, the mood of the country is akin to a person who has been lectured too much, scolded too much and bearing the weight of guilty feelings. We’re snippy, angry, annoyed, biting each others heads off over the littlest of things. This is a direct result of how Obama speaks and acts.

Contrast that with the positive message and joyful attitude pf Herman Cain. This man clearly loves this country, loves his life and is a self made success. He is the kind of person people who people like, even if they WANT to dislike him (See his apppearance this past Tuesday on the View and watch Star Jones / Whoopi Goldberg’s reaction to him for an example)

He’s the right guy for the time. He’s a “polticican” you can vote FOR - as opposed to casting your vote against the other guy.

Again. If his health is so bad, why is he out there with such vim and vigor every time you turn around? Why doesn’t he just stay home and be quiet?
Answer. Because he sees the danger we are in, and is one of the few with any real courage to name the problems accurately along with experience and knowledge to bring the right approach back to governance.

As much as I don’t like Trump as a person, I do think he is the only person able to lead us out of the mess we are in at this time. Trump has been in a lot of messes in his day and knows how to get out of them and be stronger each time.

Until we say “I REFUSE to hold my nose”, the establishment GOP will keep trying to shove RINOs down our throat. At this point, I really don’t care who the next President is, if given the “choice” between 0bambi or Romney. Either will drive the America over the cliff. The only difference would be the speed.

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posted on 10/06/2011 6:38:53 AM PDT
by NTHockey
(Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners)

Cain is a smart cookie. I’m sure he has been studying foreign policy issues.

Having said that, foreign policy is not as hot as it was in 2008. If a major foreign policy crisis were to develop (like, say, an Iranian warship showing up in the Gulf of Mexico), with 0bama’s cuts to the military, it’s not going to be in his favor. All Cain would have to say is, “He did it wrong.” Any hypothetical alternative would do.

When it comes to running the nation, Cain knows how to delegate. With Cain, I would expect to see a Secretary of Defense Allen West and Secretary of State John Bolton. Any good leader knows how to delegate. Cain has successfully *run* big organizations as an executive before.

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